Category: leadership

• Are we co-creating yet?

  

  So what did you read this year? I read some amazing books on topics such as leadership, appreciative inquiry, facilitation, coaching, language and communication. As an ESL teacher and leadership and coaching student, the ideas presented in these books fed me all kinds of stimulating thought matter. Thought of the year: co-creation However, if I…

  Claire Maria Ford

  December 30, 2020

  leadership

  Adam Kahane, authentic leadership, Daniele Darmouni, David Marquet, Diana Whitney & Amanda Trosten-Bloom, diversity, empathy, Jay Oren-Sofer, leadership, listening, Mindfulness, nvc, Otto Scharmer, social change

• Clarity in confinement?

  

  It’s important to say things as they are. Love is the opposite of avoidance. And so, it is important to be able to say things as they are, beginning with our fears. (Boris Sirbey) I read that piece of wisdom this morning in a LinkedIn article entitled Le hamster épris de ciel bleu (The Hamster…

  Claire Maria Ford

  April 10, 2020

  Boris Sirbey, connecting, covid19, Culture, esl, failure, family, family life, goal-setting, growth, growth mindset, initiative, leadership, Mindfulness, motivation, personal development, progress, quarantine, responsibility, self-care, stress management, teaching, workplace wellbeing

  brené brown

• An ESL Teacher in Quarantine

  

  I didn’t see it coming. But then again, did anyone? The topic of the Covid19 came up in class. Or rather, the topic of how the company would react, preparing an emergency plan of action if an employee was found to be infected. We all thought it was perhaps exaggerated. We logged onto the WorldMeter…

  Claire Maria Ford

  March 18, 2020

  covid19, esl, future, growth, growth mindset, human resources, initiative, innovaiton, innovation, leadership, motivation, new world, personal development, quarantine, stress management, Uncategorized

  esl, home, innovation, kenneth j. gergen, quarantine, reality, teacher, work